Howdy -
I brewed all grain for the first time on my new Brutus! It was a awesome although I had no idea it would take 6 hours! (up until 3:30am on Tuesday)
It took a very long time to get my kettle to a boil and I couldn't reach the ideal 'rigorous' boil.
Anyway, my burners have 23 jets and are rated at 192K BTUs. Unfortunately, I cannot have them on full blast (to get that really hot blue flame) as the flames are too big, wrap around my kettle, and are sure to drain my propane tank quickly. I believe having the yellow flames is less efficient than having blue flames as there was a lot of soot on the bottom of my kettle.
My question - I assume having 15 or so really hot (blue) flames would be better than 23 'yellow' flames. Is this correct? Should I plug up some of the jets to allow me to have my burner on 'full blast'?
Also - how long does it take to normally bring about 8 gals to a boil?
Thanks,
cmp
I brewed all grain for the first time on my new Brutus! It was a awesome although I had no idea it would take 6 hours! (up until 3:30am on Tuesday)
It took a very long time to get my kettle to a boil and I couldn't reach the ideal 'rigorous' boil.
Anyway, my burners have 23 jets and are rated at 192K BTUs. Unfortunately, I cannot have them on full blast (to get that really hot blue flame) as the flames are too big, wrap around my kettle, and are sure to drain my propane tank quickly. I believe having the yellow flames is less efficient than having blue flames as there was a lot of soot on the bottom of my kettle.
My question - I assume having 15 or so really hot (blue) flames would be better than 23 'yellow' flames. Is this correct? Should I plug up some of the jets to allow me to have my burner on 'full blast'?
Also - how long does it take to normally bring about 8 gals to a boil?
Thanks,
cmp